Spur.



No. 655,555 Patented Aug. 7, I900.

C. D. JACKSON.

SPUR.

(Application filed Mar. 20, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

CLAUDE D. JACKSON, OF AMARILLO, TEXAS.

SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,555, dated August 7, 1900.

Application filed March 20, 1900. Serial No. 9,357. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUDE D. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amarillo, in the county of Potter and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spurs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in spurs; and the main object of my improve-- ment is convenience and efficiency of the article.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my spur. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section, on the line so of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

A designates the rim, the body of which is of an ordinary form and on the rear of which is the bifurcated rowel-stud 4, having an externally-threaded body 5, upon which body is mounted the locking device 6. The said looking device is in the form of an internallythreaded sleeve that is screwed upon the body 5, as shown. Within the bifurcation of the rowel-stud 4 I pivot the rowel 7, which, as shown, is provided with six long arms.

The front ends of the rim A are each provided at their upper edge with hinge-lugs 8, to which I hinge the swinging ears 9 by means of hinge-lugs 10, Fig. 2, and pintle 11, the said ears being provided on their outer sides with studs or buttons 12 for convenience of attaching the fastening-straps. The hinges for the swinging ears are preferably made in the form of stop-hinges that are free to swing outwardly, as indicated by broken lines at one side of Fig. 3, but limited in their inward movement to the perpendicular position shown by'full lines in the said Fig. 3. This construction brings the buttons or buttonstuds higher up on the wearer than they could be if attached directly to the rim, and at the same time hinging the ears to the rim, so that they can swing outwardly, prevents them from being uncomfortable to the wearer, even if the spur shall be twisted a little, so as to bring one of the front ends higher up on the foot than the other.

The threaded body of the rowel-stud and its locking device or screw-sleeve 6 constitute a lock by means of which the rowel may be locked against rotation or unlocked, so as to rotate freely, as may be desired. I have i1lus= trated it in the locked position with the looking device 6 screwed back, so as to receive into it one arm or prong of the rowel, and thereby practically lock it against rotation, although the arm is-so small that it does not fill the interior of the locking device 6, and therefore a partial but limited rotation of the rowel may be had. In this position it will present a single arm of the rowel to the horse. By screwing the locking device forward to wholly withdraw it from the circle of I the rowel the said rowel is free to be rotated to present a series of its arms to the horse.

If desired to present the ends of two of the rowel-arms simultaneously to the horse without any rolling movement of the rowel, the latter may be turned so as to bring the space between two adjacent arms directly opposite the lockin g device,which may then be screwed back firmly between the said arms and lock the spur against rotation and with two of its arms, instead of only one, in position to strike the horse.

It is apparent that some changes from the specific construction herein disclosed may be made, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form of construction shown and described, but desire the liberty to make such changes in working my invention as may fairly come within the spirit and scope of the same.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a spur, the combination of the rowelstud with the rowel and-locking device on the rowel-stud, whereby the rowel may rotate freely or belocked against such rotation when desired, substantially as described.

2. A spur, the rim of which at its forward ends is provided with the upwardly-projecting swinging ears hinged to the said rim for swinging outwardly said ears provided with devices to receive the fastening-straps, substantially as described.

CLAUDE D. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

J. H. WILLS, GEO. G. COOK. 

